IP/N/1/CZE/5  
IP/N/1/CZE/G/3  
 
7 June 2023  
(23-3899) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
ACT NO. 452/2001 COLL., ON THE PROTECTION OF DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN AND 
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS, AND ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE CONSUMER  
PROTECTION ACT, AS AMENDED ("ACT ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS")  
Notifying Member  CZECH REPUBLIC  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Act No. 452/2001 Coll., on the protection of Designations of Origin and 
Geographical Indications, and on the amendment to the Consumer Protection 
Act, as amended ("Act on Geographical Indications")  
Subject matter  Geographical indications  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/CZE/23_10041_00_e.pdf   
https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP /CZE/23_10041_00_x.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/CZE/G/2  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The amendment brought the Czech national legislation in line with the implementing regulation of 
the EU after it acceded to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement (WIPO). At the same time, the 
exclusive competence of the EU in the field of designations of origin and geographical indications 
was taken into account in the scope of specific commodities according to directly applicable EU 
regulations.  
 
The Czech Republic has revised its legislation by adopting the amendment to the Act on the 
Protection of Desi gnations of Origin and Geographical Indications and on the amendment to the 
Consumer Protection Act, which entered into force on August 6, 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the 
"Act on Geographical Indications").  
 
The Amendment adapted the existing nationa l law regulating the designations of origin and 
geographical indications in the Czech Republic to the Regulation (EU) 2019/1753 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on measures of the Union following its accession 
to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications. 
The proposed legislation also respects the conclusions of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the 
EU in case C -389/15 and the conclusions of the judgment in case C -24/20 Commission v. Council, 
which confirmed that aspects of intellectual property, including designations of origin and   IP/N/1/CZE/5 • IP/N/1/CZE/G/3  
 
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  geographical indications, fall under the exclusive competence of the EU. The legislation respects the 
priority of the EU law over national law and revokes the national protection of designation of origin 
and geographical indications for agricultural produc ts and foodstuffs, including wines and spirits, the 
protection of which is based on the directly applicable EU regulations. The national protection of 
designation of origin and geographical indications for non -agricultural products, which is not yet 
based on directly applicable EU regulations, remains regulated by the national law, i.e. Act on 
Geographical Indications.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Czech  
Entry into force  6 August 2022  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  22 May 2023  
Other information  https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text/586942  (legal text in English)  
 
https://upv.gov.cz/files/uploads/PDF_Dokumenty/pravni_predpisy/narodni/
452_2022_0608B.pdf  (legal text in Czech)  
 
IP/N/1/EU/3 4 
(Regulation (EU) 2019/1753 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 23 October 2019  on measures of the Union following its accession to the 
Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agre ement on Appellations of Origin and 
Geographical Indications)  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic - International  
Affairs Department  
 
Email:  kdlabolova@upv.gov.cz  
 
Ministry of Industry and Trade - Trade Policy Department  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.